Well, that's good. Makes me less likely to throw them into the fireplace at first ample opportunity if someone were to give them to me, at least.
Please, gods, no. Salvatore taking a concept that actually works (Not that I'm entitled to say that WotSQ does or doesn't, but I'll just presume it does) and using it for his own books and stories would be like Lucas making a movie set in the KotOR era.
Ugh, I say.